I stopped by the drug store yesterday afternoon and made a quick pass through the Easter candy aisle. There was a package of Peeps that looked different from the rest, so I picked it up. Why were there only three of them, and why were they so big?
They were sugar free! I was intrigued. Aren’t Peeps 99.99% sugar and 0.01% food coloring? How in the heck could they make a sugar free version? It must be just a pile of chemicals. I had to try them.
I did not care for these. The most disturbing thing was the texture difference. The “sugar” crystals on the outside of the Peep were not crunchy. In fact, they chewed a little. It was weird. But I do have to say that the flavor wasn’t that bad. They weren’t as sweet as an all-sugar Peep, but they had a vanilla-flavored sweetness to them. If sugar didn’t exist, this would be pretty good. Fortunately, sugar DOES exist. Thank God for sugar!
didn’t peeps get bought by another company in the last year or so?
No, must have been some other interestingly-shaped candy.
“…a pile of chemicals.” Ha! and also, shudder. You are very, very brave.
Interesting that those are sugar-free, yet not a low calorie food.